The Wiki Challenge - Mastermind 2023 Heat 16

I rather sprang the resurrection of the wiki challenge on you last week, didn’t I? We didn't have much time to prepare, did we? So this week I’ve decided to allow both you and me a little more time. On the Mastermind website it gives three specialist subjects for heat 16 – Stephen Hawking – The Music of Radiohead – Theda Bara. I’d argue that the Music of Radiohead doesn’t really lend itself to the wiki challenge in the way that biographical subjects do, but if you want to have a go at that then don’t let me stop you. I’ve mentally flipped a coin and it’s come up with Thea Bara. Now, I haven’t wikied her yet, and the only ready fact about her that I have to hand is that the studio supposedly coined her stage name as an anagram of Arab Death.

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Okay then – here’s the questions based on her Wikipedia page:-

What was Theda Bara’s real name? – Theodosia Burr Goodman

Bara was named Theodosia after the daughter of which US Vice President? – Aaron Burr

Bara’s father Bernard had emigrated to the USA from which country? – Poland

Bara’s father followed which profession – tailor

In which country was Bara’s mother Pauline born? – Switzerland

Which of Bara’s two younger sisters also became a screen actress under the stage name Lori Bara – Esther

Which school did Bara attend before spending two years at the University of Cincinatti – Walnut Hills High School

In 1908 Bara made her stage debut in which play on Broadway? The Devil

Most of Bara’s early films were shot in the Fox studios in which east coast town? – Fort Lee New Jersey

What was the title of the first film that Bara made in Los Angeles – Cleopatra

What was the title of the last film Bara made for Fox in 1919 before her five year contract expired? – The Lure of Ambition

In 1925 Bara made her first film since the ending of her contract with Fox, called The Unchastened Woman – for which film company? –  Chadwick Pictures

Which actor directed her last film, the short comedy Madame Mystery, in 1926? – Stan Laurel (for Hal Roach)

Her seductive roles earned her which screen nickname – The Vamp

Studio promotion claimed Theda Bara was Egyptian. Where was she really born – Avondale, Cincinatti Ohio

Many of Bara’s films were lost in a fire which happened where in 1937? – The Fox Vault

In 1921 whom did Bara marry? – Charles Brabin

According to some sources, which director is credited with coining the name Theda Bara – Frank Powell

What name did Bara and Brabin give to their summer home on Nova Scotia in Harbourville overlooking the bay of Fundy  - Baranook

In 1936 Bara acted in a Lux Radio Theatre production based on which film? – The Thin Man

In which hospital did Bara pass away from stomach cancer in 1955 – California Lutheran Hospital

Where is her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? – 6307 Hollywood Boulevard

Although she made over forty films, of how of her many films do complete prints exist? – 6

Who designed the image of Bara used on a 1994 US postage stamp? – Al Hirschfield

Which underground newspaper, founded in London in 1966, used an image of Bara for its logo? – International Times

There you go – twenty five questions all culled from Theda Bara’s Wikipedia page. So – in the last show Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Wikipedia page provided me with 6 correct answers, so he target to beat with these is 6.